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In Victorian and Edwardian upper- and middle-class homes in England, children were often segregated in a nursery at the top of the house under the direct care of a nanny or nursemaid. This article explores the material culture of the nursery and the way it functioned as a space within the wider home. It demonstrates the impact of this on relationships between parents, children, and servants as well as the formation of early ideas of gender. While adults attempted to use space and objects in the nursery to discipline and control Victorian and Edwardian children, they often negotiated and evaded these boundaries through imagination and play.
In Victorian and Edwardian upper- and middle-class homes in England, children were often segregated in a nursery at the top of the house under the direct care of a nanny or nursemaid. This article explores the material culture of the nursery and the way it functioned as a space within the wider home. It demonstrates the impact of this on relationships between parents, children, and servants as well as the formation of early ideas of gender. While adults attempted to use space and objects in the nursery to discipline and control Victorian and Edwardian children, they often negotiated and evaded these boundaries through imagination and play.
“White-Painted Fortresses”?
Hamlett, Jane (author)
Home Cultures ; 10 ; 245-266
2013-11-01
22 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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